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THE 

TWENTIETH CENTURY 
BEAUTY DOCTOR at HOME 



PRICE FIVE DOLLARS 

COPYRIGHTED 1915 




TABLE OF CONTENTS 


The Use of Cream. 5 

Home Preparing of Cream . 7 

Wrinkles and Why We Wrinkle . 13 

Preparing the Face for Massage. 15 

The Proper Way to Massage. 16 

Manicuring . 24 

The Hand . 31 

Developing the Bust, Shoulders and Arms. 35 

Bleaching the Skin . 39 

Large Pores, Black Heads and Pimples. 43 

Using Powder . 48 

Care of the Eyes . 52 

The Mouth and Teeth. 56 

Shampooing and Scalp Treatment . . 60 

Dyeing and Bleaching the Hair. 68 

To Restore Gray Hair to the Natural Color .... 72 

Bath and Beauty. 75 

Home Care of the Feet. 83 

Diet . 88 

Diet and Exercise for the Fat Woman Who 

Wishes to Reduce Her Weight.100 

Body Exercise .104 


Printed by the 
Huntington Park Signal 
untin&ton Park, California 

APR 27 1915 

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WOMAN’S HEALTH AND BEAUTY 


JF A VOTE were to be taken among the inhabi¬ 
tants of the world as to what things, with the 
exception of virtue, is most to be desired in a woman, 
the unanimous vote would be health and beauty. 

Through many years of exhaustive practice and 
study as a dermatologist and health culturist, I have 
prepared this work that should appeal to every 
woman, and help her to be all she can wish to be 
in health and beauty at home. 



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MME. DE ORR 




THE USE OF CREAMS 


HEN creams are applied to the skin and a 



W little massage used, it is readily absorbed and 
even appears in the blood; this gives a better cir¬ 
culation and also builds up and fills out the dry, 
starved tissues. It also cleanses the pores and acts 
as a protection to the face. One should use a good 
cream all over the body once a week, to thoroughly 
cleanse as well as to nourish the skin, which is con¬ 
stantly breaking down and changing. 

Use a good cream always to protect the skin from 
the sun and wind, also from dirt. Before starting to 
do your household duties spread on a little cream, 
•enough to thoroughly cover all the exposed skin; 
then after you are through just wipe off with a face 
towel or soft cloth, and see what the cream has saved 
your pores. One should always give the face and 
neck a cream bath on coming in from any trip out 
of doors, and wipe off all foreign matters that have 
accumulated. And you will be greatly surprised at 
the results you soon see, by your skin looking so 
much clearer and fresher. 

If soap and water is used on the face, one should 
always rub on a little cream first, as it cleanses so 
much better, and you will not have the dry, drawn 
feeling after the water bath. 

Very dry skins should be washed with cream only, 
and just the eyes rensed in the morning. 

In any case, it is very necessary that the pores 
be kept absolutely free from obstruction, so that the 


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creams may penetrate more readily. After the skin 
has been properly cleansed apply more cream and 
massage. 

One who wishes success must study her skin and 
apply the remedies skillfully until she finds the 
right cream for her skin and then persevere in its 
treatment. 

Creams properly prepared do not make the hair 
grow. Creams containing oils are absolutely neces¬ 
sary to feed and nourish the skin. If faithfully pre- 
sisted in any woman can keep away her age from 
ten to twenty years; besides it gives her such a 
rested, fresh, good feeling that it is well worth the 
effort put forth, and .it takes very litle time after 
you once know how to care for yourself properly. 
The face should always have a good cream bath 
the last thing before retiring. 



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HOME PREPARING OF CREAMS 


T HE work of manufacturing the different oils 
into creams for this work should be a pleasure 
to any woman. Have your druggist get the finest 
variety of these oils, and as oil of sweet almonds is 
the basis of all good creams be sure you get the 
best grade. 

Creams made from oils will become rancid under 
the influence of heat, and will irritate any skin after 
becoming so. Therefore, all creams are best made 
up in small quantities and should be kept in a cool 
place and kept air tight. 

Creams should be made in an enameled pan and 
beaten with a solid silver spoon or one of granite. 

Care must be taken to thoroughly melt white wax 
spermaceti and other oils together, and just as soon 
as they melt so they all blend, remove from fire, 
and after they cool just a little add your rosewater 
or alcohol or any perfume. When this is done, whip 
your oils very rapidly until they thicken and are 
perfectly smooth; the more you whip them the 
whiter and creamier they will be. 

Perfumes are best added when creams are cool 
and smooth. 

The creams given in the following chapters have 
all been tried and are known to do the best of work, 
and the lady who wishes to preserve her skin and 
beauty will do so by preparing her own creams at 



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home and not using the strong things that are 
recommended by any one and every one. 

After you find the cream that agrees with your 
skin, never change it, for it is the constant use of 
what agrees with you that brings results. 

Egg Skin Food 

Almond oil (sweet), 4 oz. 

Spermaceti, 1 oz. 

White wax, oz. 

White of one-half egg. 

Melt oil and wax and after whipping them until 
cool and beginning to thicken, add the egg and whip 
very hard. 

► Rosewater Skin Food 

Rosewater, 1 oz. 

Almond oil (sweet), 4 oz. 

White wax, oz. 

* Spermaceti, 1 oz. 

After melting oils together, remove from fire and 
add rosewater, whip well until it begins to get thick; 
then quit at once or you will whip the rosewater 
out of the oils. In making any cream you may get 
it too thick or not thick enough, for you can’t always 
get the exact weight; so \ou must use judgment 
and remedy it, and after making it a few times 
you will have very little difficulty and will take 
great pleasure in the work. 

* A Bleaching Cream 

Almond oil (sweet), 7 oz. 

Cocoa butter, 1 oz. 



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White wax, i oz. 

Spermaceti, ij 4 oz. 

Oil bitter almonds, drachm. 

Proceed as in other cream, adding bitter almond 
oil after removing from fire. 

Strawberry Cream 

Crush one-half pint of strawberries and strain 
through thin cloth, but do not press through any 
seeds or pulp, but get one ounce of juice; add to 
this: 

Almond oil, 4 oz. 

Cocoa butter, 1 y 2 oz. 

White wax, 2 oz. 

Let this stand on stove where it will just be hot 
but not boil. After removing from fire add 

Tincture of benzoin, 1^4 drachm, 
and use rose oil to perfume; just two or three drops 
will be enough, when it is quite cool. ^ 

Cucumber Cream 

Wash and dry two large cucumbers; then grate 
them fine and press the juice through cheesecloth 
until you have two ounces. 

Cucumber juice, 2 oz. 

Almond oil, 4 oz. 

White wax, 2^2 oz. 

Cocoa butter, 2 oz. 

Add cucumber juice as soon as you remove oils 
from stove; whip until it begins to thicken. 

Glycerine Cream C_ 

Almond oil, 3 oz. 

Glycerine, 1 oz. 



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Spermaceti, i oz. 

White wax, y 2 oz. 

This is good for the very dry skin. 

Oriental Beauty Cream and Tonic 

White wax, iy 2 oz. 

Spermaceti, iy 2 oz. 

Petrolatum, 4 oz. 

Sweet almond oil, 8 oz. 

Powdered borax, 90 grains. 

Rosewater, 2 oz. 

Oil of rose geranium, 3 drops. 

Oil of rosewood, 2 drops. 

Oil of liquid orris, 2 drops. 

Tincture of civet, 8 drops. 

The above is a delightful skinfood and tonic. 
Dissolve the borax in the rosewater and add to 
the melted oils, after removing from the fire. Then 
when getting cool add the perfumed oils and whip 
until thoroughly cold and stiff as it will get. Keep 
aid tight. 

Tissue Food 

The Delight of the Actress. 

Quince seed, 2^ oz. 

Boric acid, 80 grains. 

Carbolic acid, 1 drachm. 

Tincture of benzoin, 8 drachms. 

Glycerine, 4 oz. 

Lilac extract, 3 drachms. 

Water enough to make 60 oz. 

Take half the water and put it boiling over the 
quince seed, add the two acids and let it stand 



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over night; stirring several times, strain through 
thin cloth and add rest of ingredients graduaUy, and 
whip well. 

California Native Daughter Cream 

Orange Flower water, 4 oz. 

Almond oil, 4 oz. 

Spermaceti, 1 oz. 

White wax, i *4 oz. 

Melt the wax, oil and spermaceti, and just before 
removing from fire add orange flower water, whip 
very hard and fast until it begins to thicken ; then 
quit, or you will whip out the water. 

“Rest Cure” Tonic 

An excellent tonic for the face and one that builds 
very rapidly, is one that is known as the Rest Cure. 
This is taken by using almond oil and heating it 
just as hot as you can wring out a cloth of white 
flannel, from which you should cut holes for the 
eyes, nose and mouth. The white flannel is better 
than the rubber or chamois masks, for it helps to 
absorb better. After cleaning your face thoroughly, 
then apply the flannel mask and lie down for an 
hour or two. This may be done every day, or just 
as often as you can spare the time. The oil may be 
saved from time to time until it is all used up. 

Another good tonic is one of chemically pure 
rosewater. This does not fatten or fill the face, as 
does the oil, but it has a tonic effect, and is very 
restful and is especially good for the eyes, and 
should be put all over the eyes. Use absorbent cot- 
ten, which has been thoroughly saturated with the 



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Fosbwater, and in fact the whole mask may be made 
of absorbent cotten, for the rosewater rest cure. 

The milk bath, which is given under the chapter 
of baths, is excellent for the face once a week. 

If any of the creams appear too stiff, heat them 
over and add a little more almond oil; heat over by 
setting in boiling water, do not put over fire. And 
if they should not be stiff enough, melt the cream 
in hot water, and melt just a little more white wax 
over the fire and add to cream. A little practice in 
this work will soon make perfect, and you will be 
well pleased with your work, for you will have a 
pure article at about one-tenth the cost of the ready 
prepared articles. 



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WRINKLES AND WHY WE WRINKLE 

W RINKLES are always associated with age,but 
carelessness and neglect are the most common 
causes. Habit lines or expression wrinkles are the 
most common, such as raising the eye brows, the 
lines between the eyes running up the forehead, 
caused by scowling or squinting. Crows feet run¬ 
ning out from the corners of the eyes to the roots 
of the hair are caused from squinting often, although 
these lines often come from laughing. These 
wrinkles can be helped and often banished by a 
little will power and pracice of avoiding the cause 
of them. 

The true age lines that come to any face may 
be kept away by carefully cleasing the skin and giv¬ 
ing it all the nourishment it will take, by means of a 
good skin food and keeping a perfect circulation. 
Always avoid having a strong light shine on the 
face when sleeping; it is always best to shut out 
all the light possible and turn your bed so your 
face is turned from the light. But always let in all 
the air you can possibly get, for that is life. 

Never try to make your face over, so you do not 
wrinkle; that is, do not keep from laughing because 
you will bring a wrinkle—for there is nothing so 
ugly and blank looking as an expressionless face. 
Study your face before your mirror, and see which 
wrinkles look the worst and make your face look 



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the oldest. Then go to work to remove them. Cul¬ 
tivate a happy disposition;' stand before your mirror 
and laugh. Don’t smile, * but just laugh. Lift up 
your chin, throw back your shoulders and take a 
few deep breaths; practice this a few times every 
day; or, just listen girls, do this every time you 
look in your mirror, and you will soon drive away 
melancholy and be more like a child. Try being like 
a child, and the younger child the better. Study 
your young child and its expressions, and if you 
have none of your own, study your neighbor’s and 
see how everready they are to laugh, and see the 
happy expression they have and try to be like them; 
for the happy expression lifts up the muscles that 
are constantly drooping and soon become what are 
called sagging muscles. This may all be avoided 
if a little care is taken, and the sooner you begin the 
easier it all is done; but it’s never too late to start 
and to accomplish your greatest desire. Just think 
now is the accepted time and go to work; have a 
regular time for all these things and they soon be¬ 
come as necessary as your meals, and you enjoy 
them as much. Listen—haven’t you seen women 
and men with wrinkles whom you thought were 
very repulsive and ugly to look upon, and haven’t 
you thought I would not look like that for anything? 
Well, get to work and don’t let any one think that 
of you. Do a little every day, and you will be 
rewarded, 



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PREPARING THE FACE FOR MASSAGE 

LWAYS apply a good cream to the face first 



xY and massage lightly for a few minutes; then 
remove this cream with a soft towel, or if soap and 
water is used remove the cream with warm water 
and a pure soap; then dry gently and apply more 
cream and massage the face and neck well. 

Remove the cream after massage by gently wip¬ 
ing, or by dashing cold water on and then wiping 
A little cream should always be left so the powder 
will adhere better. 

The most important thing to keep in mind in ob¬ 
taining a perfect skin is to keep it thoroughly 
cleansed and nourished. 



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THE PROPER WAY TO MASSAGE 

FTER thoroughly cleansing the face spread 



on some more cream and place the finger tips 
of both hands on your cheeks (as in figure i), and 
use a rotary motion, by going around and around 
as though you were tracing an oval. This is known 
as the rotary motion, and is considered the best by 
all massuers. 

Begin your strokes down on each side of the chin 
and keep along the jawbone with an upward and 
outward stroke until you reach the roots of the hair. 
Go back to the chin or corners of the mouth and 
work back toward the roots of the hair until all 
the cheeks are covered; don’t miss any little bit of 
the surface. You should count your strokes and 
make them just as uniform as possible, and in each 
treatment you should go over the cheeks fifty times 
or more. 

Now go to the forehead: place the fingers (as in 
figure 2), begin on either side, down just even with 
the corner of the eye; now while you press down 
on the forehead with one hand to hold it in shape 
and keep it from stretching, use the rotary motion ; 
then go over to the other eye, bring the stroke up 
toward the hair, coming over, one way; then go 
right back with the fingers in same position, only 
bring the stroke down toward eyebrows. This will 
require some practice to get it perfect, but if you 




FIGURE ONE 








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have lines in the forehead you will be surprised to 
see the result from a little faithful work in this man¬ 
ner. Use fifty strokes. Now place the fingers of 
the left hand on the forehead (as in figure 3), then 
with the two middle fingers massage with the rotary 
motion, first around one way and then back the 
other, from ten to twenty strokes each way. Now 
place the middle finger of each hand on each side 
of the nose, just as near the edge of each brow as 
you can get them, and with a rotary motion go down 
the nose to the end, always pressing firmly on the 
end. Now place the fingers of your right hand flat 
on one side of your chin, and with the rotary motion- 
brought up toward your lips go over to the other 
side of chin and come back the same way, always 
keeping the stroke up toward your lips. This should 
be done from twenty to fifty times. Now with your 
thumb and first finger catch your lip at the corners 
of your mouth and bring them together in the cen¬ 
ter, using quite a little pressure. This should be 
done to both the upper and lower lip, and about 
twenty strokes used to each. Now go to the eye 
and place the fingers of the left hand on face (as in 
figure 4), place the middle finger of the right hand 
as near the nose as possible, and with the left hand 
holding the skin firm, use the rotary motion and 
bring it up toward the eye and out to the roots of 
the hair. This should be done very lightly, using 
about fifty strokes. Massage over the eye with the 
same stroke, only close the eye and do not try to 
hold it. Now place the front finger of each hand 
back of your ear and the middle fingers in front of 



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each, and while pressing on good and firm, rub up 
and down. This stroke should be given twenty 
times. Place the fingers of each hand flat on the 
ears and give them a rotary motion, rubbing them 
all over. This should have about twenty strokes. 
Now place the hand on the neck (as in figure 5), and 
with the rotary motion go around the neck toward 
the back, and placing the other hand on opposite 
side do same; be sure and cover all the surface and 
go all the way around. This should have fifty 
strokes each. 

This covers all the face, ear and neck and one 
should increase the number of strokes according to 
her need, and always put in the most time where the 
lines are the deepest, and just remember the more 
you do the better results you will have. Any one 
who will use this method of work faithfully for one 
month will be surprised to note the difference in 
her appearance. Always keep adding more cream as 
it is needed. 

If any one has deep lines or sagging muscles, the3 7 
should try putting the bandage on at night as shown 
in figure 6. By taking a straight strip of muslin long 
enough to reach over the head and tie or pin* now 
split it (it should be about six inches wide), from 
each end evenly; then bring it around the jawbone 
and tie over the head as tightly as can be borne; 
then with little wedges of cotton push the cheeks 
up as far as you can; put them as near the same 
size as you can, and after putting the wedges in tie 
the lower band at back of neck or pin it. This is 
splendid for deep lines in any part of face or neck, 




FIGURE TWO 













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and if practiced will overcome any case of sagging 
muscles; and it is good for a doublechin. This 
should be done the last thing at night and after the 
face has had a good cream bath. 



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MANICURING 

F ILE your nails into the shape desired. Begin 
with your file, placed (as in figure 7) well under 
the corners of your nail, and bring the file up toward 
the center of nail. Do this from each corner. Then 
run an orangewood stick, that has been shaped for 
the work, under the nail and remove all foreign mat¬ 
ter. Now take the emery board and file off all little 
rough particles that are left and make the nail per¬ 
fectly smooth. Now place your nails in the warm 
water and soak (as in figure 8) ; let them soak about 
ten minutes, then removed from water and dry. Begin 
with an orangewood stick fas in figure 9), and press 
back the cuticle around your nail just as far as you 
can press it without bruising, and if the cuticle or 
skin grows very tight and \ ou cannot loosen it with 
orange stick, it should be lifted with the cuticle 
knife. Care must be used to not go too deep with 
this instrument and mar the nail, as all such marks 
have to grow off. If the cuticle is very rough and 
ragged it may be trimmed with the cuticle scissors 
kept for that purpose. The less cutting done the 
better results you will have, after a little faithful 
work. 

Now place a little of the ointment made for this 
purpose, at the base of the nail and let it remain 
about five minutes; then remove in soap and water. 
Now twist just a little absorbent cotton on the end 




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of an orange stick; dip it into a little of the bleach¬ 
ing solution made for this purpose. Now go all 
around the nail and under it, removing all stains or 
discolorations. Now dip the nails again into the 
water and then dry them. The nails are now ready 
for the polish. This should be done as in (figure io). 
If the nails are healthy, very little polish will be 
needed. Never use buffer fast enough to heat the 
nails. You should give them a long slow stroke; 
any kind of powder will do to polish the nails, but 
if you desire the highly polished nails any prepared 
polish is good. 

The woman who wishes good results will give her 
nails one good manicure every week, and will press 
back the cuticle every day until she gets her nails 
in good shape. The nails should show a decided 
half moon at the base of each nail, and these should 
be about the same size on each nail. She should 
always begin the work on her right hand, as the 
left is easy to do, but if she will persist she can soon 
do the right just as nicely. One should hold the file 
still and move the fingers of the right hand. 

If your nails are full of white spots or little ridges 
running through them, you should heat olive oil just 
as hot as you can put your fingers in, and have 
enough to cover the nails well, and soak them in 
this oil until it is cold. Do this every day for a 
while, and the spots and ridges will all disappear. 
Practice pinching your fingers on the end, by catch¬ 
ing with the thumb and forefinger right at the cor¬ 
ner of the nail, and while pinching pull your finger 
and thumb off the end. This gives the nail a nice 



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oval shape and keeps the end of the finger full and 
round. 

The things you need in manicuring, is one nail 
file as flexible as you can get; a box of emery board; 
pair of cuticle scissors; cuticle knife; several orange- 
wood sticks, and shape them in thin knife-like 
blades, and a buffer. You should have a jar of 
cuticle paste, made of any good cream, one-half 
ounce, with all the powdered pumice stone it will 
take up, and still be a cream; also a bottle of two- 
parts dioxide or peroxide of hydrogen, and one part 
lemon juice. This is a good bleach and usually is 
strong enough for the ordinary stains; but if some¬ 
thing stronger is desired, one may make a solution 
of oxalic acid and water; put in about one teaspoon 
of oxalic acid into two ounces of water and shake 
until it is all dissolved. 




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THE HAND 


REAT care should be given the hands, as no- 



thing shows age sooner if neglected, and if just 
a little care is given them they respond very quickly. 
Before giving them a soap and water bath, a little 
cream should be rubbed in, which is made as fol¬ 
lows : 

Sweet almond oil, 4 oz. 

Lanolin, 2 oz. 

Cocoa butter, 2 oz. 

White wax, 2^4 oz. 

Wash off well and rinse in cold water. If the 
hands are inclined to chap or be rough,use the quince 
seed tissue food, while they are yet moist and rub it 
in thoroughly. For red hands that look so ugly, take 
some oatmeal, such as is used for breakfast food, 
using about all you can hold in your two hands. 
Put into a quart and a half of cold water, and after 
it begins to boil let it boil away one-half or until it 
is quite thick; then strain through the cheesecloth. 
Use this liquid to wash your hands instead of using 
soap and water; wipe them out of this. Do not 
rinse; but use the skinfood at night before retiring. 

Sleeping in gloves is also a good whitener and 
adds to the delicacy of the hands. 

This is also another good night cream for the 
hands: 

Myrrh, oz. 



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Refined honey, 2 oz. 

White wax, i oz. 

Sweet almond oil, i y 2 oz. 

Anything that impedes the circulation causes red 
hands, as does indigestion. Holding the hands up is 
good for the redness. 

Another good whitening lotion is made as follows: 

Strained honey, i oz. 

Lemon juice, i oz. 

Eau de Cologne, i oz. 

Another good wash for rough hands is made as 
follows: 

Lemon juice, 3 oz. 

White wine vinegar, 3 oz. 

White brandy, *4 pint. 

This wash will soften and whiten any rough 
hands. A splendid powder for the hands when you 
wish them to appear at their best, is either the 
pomade form called the pomade or the liquid form. 
They should always be thoroughly removed before 
retiring. 




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DEVELOPING THE BUST, SHOULDERS 
AND ARMS 

T HE woman who wisher, a well developed bust, 
shoulders and arms may readily have the same 
by means of a little faithful work. Take deep breath¬ 
ing and all the outdoor exercise possible, and give 
them daily treatments for a while, and after you 
get them started up an occasional treatment will suf¬ 
fice. After bathing them each day with hot water 
and soap, use the following skin food: 

Cocoa butter, 8 oz. 

Lanolin, 2 oz. 

Olive oil, 4 oz. 

White wax, 2 oz. 

Use large quantities and massage in well. Begin 
at the wrist and massage with a lotary motion up 
to the shoulders and all over the shoulders. Then 
place the hand over the bust, the palm over the 
nipple, and hold it firm so as to move all the bust. 
Now rub to the right and count your strokes, about 
fifty strokes for each movement. Then rub to the 
left, giving the same motion, and be sure you give 
the same amount of strokes. Then place the hand 
under the breast and push it up just as far as possi¬ 
ble ; then place hand above breast and push it down 
as far as possible. Then take hold of breasts and 
pull then back under the arms as far as possible, 
and push them together as near as you can. Always 



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be sure and give an even amount of strokes and be 
very careful to use plenty of cream and never bruise 
them; but use enough vim to exercise the muscles 
in developing the shoulders and bust. Always mas¬ 
sage down the back as far as you can reach, also 
the muscles under the arms. After massaging in 
all the cream they will possibly take up, put on 
some more cream and begin with your hands, and 
slap or take your fists and pound your shoulders and 
busts just as hard as you can without bruising. Now 
remove all the cream you can with a soft towel; then 
go to the cold water and dash it on the arms, shoul¬ 
ders and busts until they feel firm and hard, and if 
you cannot give the dash use the cold compresses. 
This treatment kept up and faithful work done for 
one month will wonderfully delight any woman with 
her gain. Always be careful not to bruise the 
breasts. 




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BLEACHING THE SKIN 

HERE are a great many causes for the skin 



JL looking thick and discolored, but when it is 
dark or brown from the sun and wind a good bleach¬ 
ing process is to saturate absorbent cotton in per¬ 
oxide of hydrogen and cover the parts to be bleached 
and let them remain for from one tc two hours. Do 
this each day until the desired results are obtained. 
If you have freckles or liver spots and are willing 
to stand the pain and seclusion, you will have splen¬ 
did results with the following mixture: 

Take dry mustard and enough lemon juice to 
make a paste that will spread easily. After cleaning 
the parts to be bleached, then spread on the paste 
in a thin layer; leave on as long as can be borne 
without too much pain, but until it smarts well; 
then rinse off with cold water and rub on some 
cream. This will peal the skin, and if continued for 
a few days will remove most any discoloration of the 
outer skin. The treatment may be applied night 
and morning to hasten the work. After the freckles 
and skin have peeled, use some rosewater in which 
you have dissolved all the borax it will take up; 
then sponge this on the parts that have been peeled, 
and after it drys in, massage the parts with any good 
cream. 

Another good freckle remedy is made as follows: 

Zinc sulpho carbolate, 60 grains. 



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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


Oil of lemon, i fluid drachm. 

Alcohol, i fluid oz. 

Collodion flexible, 5 fluid oz. 

After washing the parts to be bleached with hot 
water, apply with a brush and leave on until it 
smarts well, but if it does not smart leave on for 
one hour at a time, and use twice a day until freckles 
disappear. Always wash off and use a good skin 
food after any bleaching process. Another good 
remedy for tan and sunburn is found in the follow¬ 
ing: 

Pure honey (strained), 4 oz. 

Glycerine, 1 oz. 

Rectified spirits, 1 oz. 

Citric acid (pure), 3 drachms. 

Essence of amergris, 6 drops. 

Mix the first two by just enough heat to blend, 
add the acid to the spirits when the first are nearly 
cool, add the next two, and last the ambergris. Ap¬ 
ply to the affected parts by gently rubbing two or 
three times daily. The skin should always be well 
protected after any bleaching process, as it leaves 
the skin very tender. The ordinary woman will find 
she can do more permanent good to the clearing 
of her skin by a careful diet and plenty of exercise 
and copious water drinking. 







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LARGE PORES, BLACKHEADS AND 
PIMPLES 

Large open pores are usually the start of black¬ 
heads and pimples. The pores being open become 
clogged by the secretions that are thrown off by 
the skin or through it and dust the other particles 
settling on same. Before beginning work in any 
of these cases, first of all begin with a good cream 
and massage the parts well. Then take hot water 
just as hot as can be used, and with good pure soap 
wash off all the cream. Now have some of saturated 
solution of borax, which is made by dissolving all 
the borax the water will take up. A bottle of this 
solution should be kept ready for use. Now take 
water just as hot as you can wring a towel out of, 
and to each quart of hot water add one-half teacup¬ 
ful of borax solution; now put the hot towels on 
for about ten minutes, and keep them just as hot as 
possible by covering them with a bath towel. After 
using the hot compress, dry the face and spread on 
more cream and massage the parts for about ten 
minutes. Now remove cream with a soft cloth, and 
if there are any blackheads or pimples press out 
same by putting a soft cloth over the fingers and 
taking up a large pinch, so to not bruise the skin. 
If pus or a blackhead comes out, take a tooth pick 
or an orangewood stick that is very sharp, dip this 
in dioxide of hydrogen and put it on the pores; keep 



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putting this on just as long as it will bubble; remove 
a few each day. Put on more cream and massage 
for a few minutes, the more the better for you must 
get a good circulation and feed the pores. Now re¬ 
move this cream with a little soap and just warm 
water; then take cold water just as cold as you can 
get, and either dash it on the parts that have been 
treated until it feels firm and hard; or put the towels 
on wrung out of cold water. After using cold water 
then massage on just a little of a cream made with 
the white of an egg, which is given in the chapter on 
creams; then just dry off cream, and if it is neces¬ 
sary, dust on just a little powder made of bismuth 
and rice flour. In this work the cleaner you keep 
the pores the better. When large pimples or bumps 
appear that do not form pus and are inflamed and 
sore: After cleaning the face apply the following 
mixture on same until they disappear: 

Ichthyol, 90 grains. 

Ether, 2]/ 2 drachms. 

Alcohol, 4 drachms. 

Dob on spots several times daily and on retiring. 

In cases of blackheads and pimples a course of 
baths should be taken; the hot baths or sweat baths 
are best. The patient should go on a diet and be 
very strict about It. Use plenty of lemon juice and 
most any fresh fruit and fresh vegetables, and all 
the raw vegetables possible. Eat no meat at all; no 
cream or pastry of any kind and very little butter 
or none. No tea, coffee or cocoa, and above all do 
not overeat. If you will just persist in this for a 




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little while you will be surprised at your results and 
you can soon have a cure. Take all the outdoor ex¬ 
ercise possible. 

For the skin that just seems coarse and the pores 
too open, cleanse the pores thoroughly and take the 
white of one egg, whip it well and add all the pow¬ 
dered alum it will take up and be thin enough to 
spread. Then spread this on at night and rense 
off with cold water in the morning and rub on a 
little cream. This will tighten most any sagging 
pores if used for a few times. Another good prep¬ 
aration for closing large pores is made of: 

Glycerine, 4 oz. 

Tanic acid, 1 drachm. 

Shake well and apply four nights and leave off 
three, until the pores are refined and then an occa¬ 
sional application will be all that is needed. 



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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


USING POWDER 

Every woman should use powder, especially be¬ 
fore exposing the face to the wind or sun, as it acts 
as a protection. The purest powders should always 
be used—the rice powders are the purest. In this 
a woman should always do as with creams, find the 
powder that agrees with her skin and then never 
change it. A dry powder is best for everyday use, 
but a liquid or pomade may be used for evening 
use on special occasions. 

Great care should always be used in removing 
all powder or cosmetics of any kind before retiring. 
Do this by spreading on a little cream and massag¬ 
ing a little; now wipe this off with a soft cloth, then 
rub in just a little more, and if one objects to the 
greasy feeling, this may also be washed off, leaving 
the pores free and with enough cream to feed them 
during the night. A very good dry powder is made 
as follows: Rice flour, bolted, one 25c package, bis¬ 
muth subnitrate, 10c worth. Mix rhe two together 
by sifting or just shaking. This is very mild and 
very soothing. 

Liquid Cosmetic 

Bismuth oxychloride, 3^2 oz. 

Glycerine, 2 oz. 

Alcohol, 2 oz. 

Water, 10 oz. 

Cologne, 1 drachm. 







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Keep in tightly corked bottle, put on with sponge 
and make smooth with soft cloth. 

Another liquid cosmetic is made as follows: 

Oxide zinc, i oz. 

Powdered Venetian talcum, 2 oz. 

Glycerine, i drachm. 

Water, 6 oz. 

Oil of roses, io drops. 

A good pomade is made of the following: 

Drop chalk, 4 oz. 

Flake white, 4 oz. 

Oxide zinc, iy 2 oz. 

Glycerine, 1 y 2 oz. 

Bay rum, 3 oz. 

Perfume with oil of rose, 10 drops. 

If a flesh or pink color is desired in any of the 
above, it may be obtained by a slight dash of car¬ 
mine. Care must be used or you will get too much. 
All cosmetics should be kept as near air tight as 
possible. 

All of these moist preparations are put on with a 
moist sponge and made smooth and even with a soft 
cloth. 



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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


CARE OF THE EYES 


W HAT is more beautiful and more attractive 
than a clear, bright expressive eye? And any 
one with a little care can have a pretty eye or can 
improve the eye. 

First of all do not strain your eyes by reading in 
poor light or read lying down. Always try to shade 
the eyes from light when sleeping. If it is impossi¬ 
ble to so place the bed as to shut out the light, 
try bandaging the eyes or putting pads of absorbent 
cotton, wet with rose water, on the eyes at night, 
and it will strengthen and rest the eyes wonderfully, 
and is also good for the lines around the eyes. 

Take some of the chemically pure rosewater, drop 
a few drops in the eyes every day. If it smarts the 
eye, reduce it with soft water. Any time during the 
day when the eyes feel tired and ache, a few drops 
of rosewater in them and the bandage with the rose¬ 
water on lids for half an hour will rest the whole 
body, and if you are going out at night and wish to 
appear at your best, try this and lie flat on the 
back; try and relax all nerves and muscles. 

If you have catarrh, use luke warm salt water, 
making it quite strong with salt. Also spray the 
nostrils with a weak solution of salt. The bandages 
of salt water for the eyes are very strengthening. 

To make the eyebrows and lashes grow, prepare 
the following and apply to brows with a tiny brush. 
Red vasaline, 2 oz. 

Tincture cantharides, drachm. 

Oil of lavender, 15 drops. 



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Oil of rosemary, 15 drops. 

This should be applied daily until the growth is 
sufficiently stimulated, then once a week. Great 
care must be used in applying the above to the 
lashes, to not get any in the eye, as any oil will 
inflame the eyes. 



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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


THE MOUTH AND TEETH 

I N CARING for the mouth, the first step to be 
taken is to avoid biting the lips or moistening 
them when out in the wind or sun. Massage them 
daily with a good cream, and if they are rough 
and inclined to peel, add about three drops of car¬ 
bolic acid to one ounce of cream, and mix it well. 
Use this to massage the lips. If paint of any kind is 
used, always remove all traces of it before retiring. 

The teeth should be well brushed after each meal 
to remove all particles that may ferment, and a good 
mouth wash and tooth powder used once a day. 

Mouth Wash 

Soap bark, powdered, 4 oz. 

Glycerine, 2^4 oz. 

Diluted alcohol, 1 qt. 

Oil of Peppermint, 20 -drops. 

Mash the bark and let it stand in the alcohol and 
glycerine for three or four days; filter through 
cheese cloth and add the peppermint. 

A good tooth powder is made as follows: 
Prepared chalk, 6 oz. 

Powdered orris root, 1 oz. 

White castile soap, J 4 oz. 

Sugar, y 2 oz. 

Oil of wintergreen or peppermint,drachm. 
Reduce chalk, sugar, orris and soap to fine pow¬ 
der; then add flavoring oil and mix well. 






FIGURE ELEVEN 



































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And a good dentist should be consulted once every 
year. 



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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


SHAMPOOING AND SCALP TREATMENTS 

O KEEP hair healthy and in good condition, 



1 the scalp must be kept perfectly clean, and 
scalp should be shampooed once every four weeks, 
and oily scalps should be shampooed every two 
weeks. 

Before shampooing rub a little olive oil into the 
scalp by parting the hair and rubbing it into the 
roots. This will loosen all dirt and scales. Nowr 
begin with your shampoo mixture which should al¬ 
ways be prepared and ready. Never rub the hair 
with a piece of soap, as it breaks it off. To get the 
best results any shampoo mixture should be rubbed 
onto the scalp for from five to ten minutes, putting 
on enough to make a good foamy lather. Then begin 
with water quite hot and wash all the soap out. 
Sometimes it is necessary to put the second supply 
of shampoo on. After you have rinsed the first out 
just a little with hot water, put on some more sham¬ 
poo and rub it in a little; then rinse with hot water 
and keep making it cooler until the last water is 
cold, but always rinse the hair until the water comes 
off clear. If the water is hard, always put some 
lemon juice in your last rinse water—a half lemon 
will be sufficient. This keeps the hair from feeling 
gummy and sticky. Always use a little blueing in 
the last water; if the hair is gray this will keep it 
from being yellow. Always wipe the hair as dry as 




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BEAUTY DOCTOR AT HOME 


63 


possible and dry it perfectly dry before putting it 
up. There is nothing better for the hair than sun¬ 
shine and air. The egg shampoo is good for most 
any scalp. 

Egg well beaten, i. 

Ivory soap, small bar. 

Alcohol, *4 oz. 

Shave the soap fine and put one quart of water 
on it; boil until the soap is all melted; remove from 
fire, and when it is cool add the egg and whip well; 
then add the alcohol. This will keep for a long time 
and is sufficient for several shampoos. Keep in air 
tight jar. 

If there is any scalp disease, or the scalp gets raw 
or bleeds, use the Asepsin soap; shave it up fine and 
pour boiling water over it, and let it just stand and 
soak until it will dissolve. This is good for any 
scalp and is thoroughly antiseptic. 

After the hair is dry, while the scalp is yet moist, 
a good stimulating tonic should be applied, as in 
figure ii. This should be rubbed in by gently rub¬ 
bing the scalp as in figure 12; and be sure to go all 
over the scalp evenly, and the more you rub the 
better, for you can stop almost any case of falling 
hair with just rubbing the scalp. If the hair is 
getting thin or falling fast, a tonic should be applied 
every day for a while; then twice a week, and finally^ 
once a week; but any hail should have one good 
treatment once a week. Always press the fingers 
firm on the scalp and work it loose. You should 
keep the scalp so loose that you can pick it up in 
ridges. 



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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


A good tonic is made as follows: 

Tincture cantharides, 2 drachms. 

Glycerine, i drachm. 

Alcohol, 2 oz. 

Distilled water, io oz. 

Oil of burgamont, i drachm. 

Another good tonic is made as follows: 

Beef marrow, io oz. 

Peru balsam, 135 grains. 

Oil of bergamont, 1 % drachms. 

Tincture cantharides, J 4 drachm. 

Alcohol, 3 drachms. 

Melt the marrow and strain, then add other ingre¬ 
dients. This tonic is especially good for a dry scalp. 
A good tonic for an oily scalp: 

Quinine, 40 grains. 

Alcohol, 2 oz. 

Tincture cantharides, 1^2 drachms. 

Oil of bergamont, 1 drachm. 

Soft water, 15 oz. 

If there is dandruff, it must all be removed before 
good work may be done. Use for this purpose: 
Lanolin, 1 oz. 

Cocoa butter, 2 oz. 

Olive oil, 4 oz. 

Carbolic acid, y 2 drachm. 

Melt the oils and cocoa butter together and when 
nearly cold add the carbolic acid and apply to the 
scalp from three to five days in succession before 
washing it out, and as soon as the dandruff shows 
repeat this, and if persisted in it ydll soon do away 
with it. Then use a good tonic for some time. 




FIGURE THIRTEEN 









BEAUTY DOCTOR AT HOME 


67 


The hair should be clipped at the ends once a 
month. Another good tonic that will agree with 
any scalp is made of, one bitter apple, mashed fine 
and put into six ounces of bay rum; let this stand 
about ten days; then strain and add one drachm of 
tincture of cantharides. 



68 


THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


DYEING AND BLEACHING THE HAIR 

D YEING or bleaching the hair is something that 
should never be attempted without the assist¬ 
ance of a helper, and then only the blond, red or 
golden brown should be attempted. These shades 
may be had with little harm to the hair. 

First comes a shampoo that must remove all the 
oil from the hair. When perfectly dry, if it is to be 
made red, mix into a paste henna bark powder with 
warm water; then take small strans of the hair and 
smear this mixture on thoroughly. The hair is then 
left according to the shade desired. If the hair is 
dark it will take two to three hours, if light it will 
take from one to two hours, but it is always best 
to rinse the paste all out of the hair and let it dry, 
and if it isn’t the desired shade repeat the process 
until the shade is obtained. This will not hurt the 
hair like the prepared dyes. 

If the hair is to be made a golden brown, add to 
the henna bark paste a piece of essence of logwood, 
finely powdered, about one tablespoonful, or if you 
want it dark add a little more make a paste as for red 
hair, and this should be left on from six to eight 
hours, and rinse out with hot water until the water 
comes off clear. This may be repeated as soon as 
the hair is dry, if the shade is not what is desired. 

To bleach the hair this may be done with peroxide 
of hydrogen or a little aqua ammonia. One part 




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may be added, as the ammonia will bring a shade 
much quicker, but the peroxide alone is least in¬ 
jurious. This should be put on with a brush, and 
be sure and spread it evenly over the hair, but by 
all means get it on well at the roots, so it does not 
show that it is colored. In coloring hair it is neces¬ 
sary to keep touching it up. As it grows out from 
the roots it will show the natural color, and any time 
you wish to quit the process, you have to wait for 
the color to grow off. And whatever the natural 
color of your hair is it is always suited to your skin 
and eyes; but if your hair is turning gray and you 
don’t want it gray, try restoring it instead of dye¬ 
ing it. 



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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


TO RESTORE GRAY HAIR TO THE 
NATURAL COLOR 

O RESTORE gray hair to its natural color is 



-L a slow task, but if persisted in your effoits will 
be crowned with success. For those who have the 
time and patience, they may stop the hair from turn¬ 
ing and restore it by using the following prepara¬ 
tion once daily until it is restored. 

Sugar of lead, ]/ 2 oz. 

Lac sulphur, ]/ 2 oz. 

Essence of burgamont, l /^ oz. 

Alcohol, i drachm. 

Glycerine, io drops. 

Tincture cantharides, I drachm. 

Water i pint. 

Apply to the roots of the hair with a small tooth 
brush and then spread evenly down the hair. This 
preparation should never be used if there is any irri¬ 
tation or abrasions of the scalp, but heal them up 
first. The hair should be shampooed about once 
every two weeks. 




FIGURE FIFTEEN 








BEAUTY DOCTOR AT HOME 


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BATHS AND BEAUTY 


T HE woman who wishes the best results in bath¬ 
ing will take a bath daily, and must take it with 
pleasure, not as a drudgery. Don’t just take a bath 
to remove the dirt, but also to stimulate the circu¬ 
lation. The woman who wishes the best results 
will take a different bath every day of the week. Al¬ 
ways take one hot water and soap bath a week, and 
more if necessary. 

The Southern Beauty Bath 

Barley, 2 lbs. 

Fine bran, 4 lbs. 

Rice, 2 lbs. 

Bicarbonate of Soda, lb. 

Borax, J 4 lb. 

Dried lavender flowers, c lbs. 

Boil all together in soft water, keeping them well 
covered, and so after boiling for about one and one- 
half hours have about again as much in your vessel 
as the dry ingredients made. Strain through thin 
cheesecloth and add one quart to your bath water 
and rub some of the mixture all over your body as 
you would soap; then soak in the water and with 
a good rough wash cloth massage your skin under 
the water. 

Swimming baths, if possible, are one of the best, 
as they develope the form as well as toning the skin. 
Salt sponge baths, if the circulation is sluggish, have 



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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


a toning effect, and may be taken by sponging the 
body with a solution of water to which you have 
added all the sea salt it will easily dissolve. Go over 
the body quickly with this, and then with a good 
Turkish towel rub the skin until it has a good 
healthy glow. This bath is best taken in the morn¬ 
ing, and should be done as quickly as possible. 
These are excellent for the complexion. 

The vinegar bath is very toning and very good 
for the circulation. Take about one-half cup of any 
good vinegar, add about one teaspoonful of salt, 
and sponge the body with this, and rub it well; 
then wash off with clear water and dry thoroughly, 
rubbing the body well. 

Every woman should try taking one sweat bath 
a week. This should be taken by soaking in a 
tub of hot water and drinking hot water while in 
the tub, until you feel the heat all through you. 
Then roll up in a woolen blanket and sweat for 
about one-half hour; then go over the body with 
a bath towel and dry it well, and put on a bath robe 
and sit around until you cool off gradually. Always 
be very careful not to take cold. 

Another good bath for the skin is made by putting 
about two tablespoonfuls of dry mustard into a tub 
of warm water and soaking in this for about fifteen 
minutes, and dry the skin with a rough towel. 

You have all heard of the actresses’ favorite milk 
bath. Well, this may be taken by any woman. To 
one-half cupful of sweet milk add two tablespoonfuls 
of salt and dissolve it; sponge it all over the body 
with a small sponge. Always include the face in 




FIGURE SIXTEEN 








BEAUTY DOCTOR AT HOME 


79 


this bath, as it is skin food. Leave this on until it 
smarts or tingles the skin well; then rinse off wilh 
cold water, or if cold water cannot be used take 
just luke warm and sponge it off, and dry well. 

One good oil bath should be taken once a week. 
Take olive oil, 8 oz., cocoa butter 2 oz., alcohol 4 oz., 
Melt the cocoa butter, and add olive oil, then add 
alcohol and shake well. If it seems a little thick, add 
a little more olive oil and a little more alcohol. This 
should be rubbed into the skin, and if an)^ remains 
on the surface rub off with a towel and let all re¬ 
main in the pores that they can soak up. 

Sun baths should be taken every day if possible, 
and should be taken devoid of clothing if possible; 
but if any clothing is worn, it should be thin as pos¬ 
sible. One should lie down or sit in the sun from 
three-quarters of an hour to one hour, and keep 
turning the body so all parts are exposed evenly. 
The m rning sun up until noon is always best. 

The borax bath is made by making a saturated 
solution of borax and sponging the body with same 
and then drying it with bath towel. 

Any of the given baths may be taken with or 
without a bath tub, but if you can have a bath tub 
it is much better and easier to put the equal amount 
in the bath with just enough water to cover the body 
and then soak in it for about fifteen to twenty 
minutes. 

For the vapor bath at home use a chair or stool 
with a solid wooden bottom, and under it place an 
oil or alcohol stove; light the stove and on it set 
a vessel of boiling water, which should be kept boil- 



80 


THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


ing by the stove. Undress completely and sit on 
the chair, put the feet into hot water. Cover the 
body from the neck down with a blanket, so it will 
reach to the floor all around, and keep in all the 
steam. Remain in this from fifteen to twenty min¬ 
utes. If there is any rush of blood to the head, a 
towel wet with cold water should be put around the 
neck. This bath will cause copious sweating, which 
will cause a thirst. Water, not too cold, should be 
drank a very little at a time. After the bath the 
body should be sponged with warm water, and thor¬ 
oughly dried. One should always lie down after this 
bath, and great care should always be taken not to 
take cold after the bath. 

Anyone having blackheads oj* pimples will find 
the above bath very helpful to them, and if they 
will add one-half teacupful of liquid sulphur to the 
boiling water on the the stove, they will have a sul¬ 
phur vapor. 

There are a great many different medicated baths, 
but the few that have been given are baths that 
are of little expense and that any one can take with 
perfect safety and with the best results. 

The woman who wishes a good, clear, healthy 
skin, will give great care to her baths, and keep 
the body spotlessly clean. 




FIGURE SEVENTEEN 












BEAUTY DOCTOR AT HOME 


83 


HOME CARE OF THE FEET 

HE woman who gives her feet the proper care 



JL will find the comfort she receives will well re¬ 
pay for the little time it will require. 

The feet should be washed off with warm water 
and soap at night, and in the morning be w ; ped off 
with a cold cloth. If the feet ache and feel tired at 
night, give them a good rubbing with the oils pre¬ 
pared for the oil bath, always rubbing from the toes 
up the foot and ankle. Leave this oil on all night 
and wash off in the morning. Be careful to wear 
shoes that fit the foot perfectly; always wear a 
shoe that will support the instep and heel without 
pressing the toes. More trouble to the feet is caused 
by too short a shoe than any other kind. The short 
shoe starts ingrowing nails, bunions and cramped 
toes more than does the narrow shoe. But any of 
these things are easier prevented than cured, and 
by a little faithful work all these troubles may be 
overcome. 

The hosiery should be veiy carefully selected. It 
should fit the foot and be changed every day, or 
oftener if the feet sweat. 

If the feet sweat a soothing powder may be made 
by using: 

Alum powdered, i oz. 

Boracic acid, i oz. 

Corn starch, ^4 oz. 



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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


Dust this powder on the feet at night and remove 
in the morning; a little of the powder may be dusted 
in the shoes. 

Corns may be removed and the feet kept in ex¬ 
cellent condition by the following plan. Soak the 
corns in warm water, then remove all the callous 
possible without going too deep and making the toe 
tender. Great care should always be used to never 
trim a corn so as to make it bleed. Now apply this 
remedy: 

For Corns 

Collodion (flexible), 8 oz. 

Guaiacol, oz. 

Salcilic acid, i 1-3 drachm. 

Acetic acid, 2-3 oz. 

Keep well corked, shake well and apply to corn 
with swab made of a little cotton wound around a 
toothpick. 

This remedy will remove the pain speedily, and if 
used for four or five days, peeling off all the callous 
each day, it will effect a cure. But as corns are very 
hard to cure, one must do some work right along. 
Sometimes after all the callous is gone, the toe will 
feel sore. One will have excellent results in this case 
by getting a jar of libradol from your druggist and 
putting on a good plaster of this at night. Always 
cover the libradol with the parchment that comes 
with it, and then tie on with a cloth, removing all 
traces of it in the morning. This will soon relieve 
all soreness and pain. 

Ingrowing nails should be treated very carefully, 
and a longer shoe should be worn as soon as this 




FIGURE EIGHTEEN 





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87 


condition is found to exist. The nail should be cut 
even with the end of the toe and a v-shape cut in 
the center of the end. The corners should be kept 
clean and raised by means of small plugs of cotton. 
If they are swollen or inflamed a bandage of a solu¬ 
tion of boracic acid should be put on them. The 
large and painful joints always come from ill-fitting 
shoes. Bunions are most always caused from shoes 
that are too short. A good cure for these is made 
as follows: Oil of sassafras, 2 oz., ichthyol, 1 oz. 
Shake the bottle well and rub into the painful joints. 
If the bunions are calloused, remove the callous first. 

The libradol plasters are splendid for the painful 
joints and if used faithfully will scatter a bunion. 
Where the toes are inclined to draw and cramp, and 
the leaders shorten underneath, one should straight¬ 
en the toe and with adhesive tape bind it so it will 
§tay in its natural shape. This will soon relieve the 
cramping. 



88 


THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 


DIET 

D IET is the most essential thing to both health 
and beauty. Plain food is the first great secret. 
As to plain foods few who can afford it will adhere 
to this rule, but let it be hoped that each and every 
one will follow some rules and put forth an effort to 
do the .best they can, and there is no use to try to 
select a diet that will agree with every one, or for 
every one to follow set rules. The proper thing to 
do is for each one to select the foods thae agree with 
them, and that furnish proteids or albumen, which 
is the food substance, without which life does not 
continue. The best of the proteid for man is con¬ 
tained in the fruits and nuts, and these are best 
eaten raw. 

The value of raw fruit cannot have too much 
stress laid upon it, and especially for breakfast it is 
of especial value. Use any fruit in season, but the 
juicy fruits, such as lemons, oranges, pineapples, 
grapes, pears, apples and any other fresh fruit in 
season. The principal thing to do is to make what 
you eat your medicine, and there is no better way 
to do this than to cut down your meat and heavy 
diet to one of fresh fruit and vegetables. If you 
have liver, stomach or kidney trouble, try taking 
lemon juice and not eating much of anything. Begin 
by taking one lemon the first day ; two the next; 
three the next, and so on until you go up to twelve 
lemons in one day. Then come down by dropping 
off one each day until you get back to three, and 
take three a day for a while and you will be more 



FIGURE NINETEEN 





































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than surprised and delighted in your results. The 
juice should be taken without any sugar, and if it 
hurts the stomach a little water may be added, and 
if taken in hot water on going to bed it will act on 
the liver and kidneys mucii quicker. Lemons have 
been used medicinally more than other fruits, and 
for fevers, rheumatism, liver trouble, sore throat, 
biliousness and colds, they are the best. The hot 
lemonade without sugar should never be overlooked 
in case of colds, and with a hot bath will soon rid 
the sufferer of all bad effects. Ihe lemon should 
always be in the household and be taken of freely. 
If the family object to drinking the juice as a medi¬ 
cine, use it in cooking and by all means use the 
lemon juice in place of vinegar. 

Too much thought and study cannot be given the 
diet, for if we eat the proper digestible foods we 
will do away with nervousness, sleeplessness and 
melancholy. The woman who feels cross and irri- 
able and peeved at everything, should try the lemon 
cure or live on a diet of any fresh fruit, eating very 
little else, and she will soon find her nervous irrita¬ 
bility gone, and she will feel like a new woman. 
This is also good for your husband or small child, 
and don't forget it. One thing sure, if you will get 
your husband or anyone of the family who is in¬ 
clined to drink intoxicating liquors, to use plenty 
of fresh fruits, and especially the lemon or orange 
juices, he will soon give up the liquor habit. It is 
the lack of a well chosen diet that causes half the 
people to drink alcoholic drinks. 

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one meal with meat a day and plenty of vegetables 
should always be eaten. These, like the fruits, should 
always be used according to what is in season. 

Onions are one of the best of vegetables for ner¬ 
vous troubles. They are iike a tonic and should be 
eaten in large quantities, either raw or cooked. They 
will also overcome sleepliness if persisted in. Onion 
syrup for coughs and colds and hoarseness is very 
good, and in cases of sore throat or lungs a raw 
onion poultice is splendid. This may be made by 
slicing the onions and then pounding them into a 
pulp. This will draw out all soreness in a few hours. 
Spinach, dandelions and asparagus act directly on 
the kidneys and keep the system pure and free from 
clogging. Tomatoes are the J^est vegetable for the 
liver and act directly upon the liver, for they con¬ 
tain large quantities of vegetable calomel. They 
should always be eaten raw if you want the best 
results. Never eat the skin of a tomato; it is in¬ 
digestible ; and never put vinegar or sugar on them. 
Carrots and beets are excellent for the blood and 
should be eaten raw. They should be grated or 
ground up and served on a lettuce leaf with salad 
dressing or lemon juice and olive oil. Lettuce is 
excellent for insomnia and for cooling the system. 
It should be eaten in large quantities and with lemon 
juice-or a dressing in which lemon is used in place 
of vinegar. 

Celery is remarkably good for nervousness, rheu¬ 
matism, neuralgia, and is best eaten raw. The green 
leaves and root are very good when cooked. How¬ 
ever, when eating the stalk one should never swal- 




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low any of the cellular part, as it is indigestible. 
Cucumbers or any of the raw vegetables are best 
eaten with the meat as they help keep the system 
from clogging, and where the starchy foods are 
eaten the fresh fruits and vegetables are very neces¬ 
sary to give a spotless skin and promote cheerful¬ 
ness. Where the meat is left off, or at meals where 
it is omitted, cheese, milk and eggs should be used, 
as these are very nourishing. One should change 
the kind of bread every few days. Never use just 
one kind of bread week in and week out, but the 
oftener it is changed the better, and the coarser the 
better. 

Poatoes, beans, peas, corn and all starchy foods 
should be used according to the muscular work done 
and should be eaten at the meals where exercise will 
be taken after it. The one who wishes to be free 
from liver and kidney trouble will leave off the tea 
and coffee, but if any is taken it should be used in 
moderation and no cream or sugar used in the 
coffee. The nuts are very nutritious and take the 
place of meat, but one must start in very gradually 
on any one kind of diet. The peanut, brazil and 
cocoanut are the best for nervousness, but all nuts 
are good as a food and should always be eaten with 
the meal instead of after it. They should always be 
thoroughly masticated, and they are best eaten raw. 

Honey is another food that is better than any 
medicine and should be used freely of and especially 
with the comb. The honey is very healing to the 
stomach. 

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in it if you will have results. It is much better to 
use a little thought and expense in preparing your 
food, and money put into food is a better investment 
than when it goes to the doctor or druggist, and you 
can soon do away with the greater part of your 
drugs if you will select your diet carefully. Try it 
for a while and see if it isn’t worth while. 

If cereals are used, the ones you cook yourself 
are the best. The woman who wishes the best re¬ 
sults with her children and family will get them to 
eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and will have them 
eat plenty of raisins, dates and figs in place of candy 
and other sweets, and they will soon learn to like 
them just as well or better. 

There are a great maily different opinions on diet 
but we must all search for the diet that agrees with 
us and no one can select it for us. There is a fruit 
or vegetable that will regulate every one’s stomach 
and bowels if eaten long enough, and every one 
should find those that acr on them and then use 
them instead of using medicines. The bowels should 
have an action once daily. 

And do not worry, for it does no good : make the 
best of everything; go to bed early and rise early; 
have plenty of sleep. If nervous, take all the out¬ 
door exercise possible, and practice deep breathing 
all the time. Always have a window open in your 
sleeping room. Always eat slowly and thoroughly 
masticate your food. Never eat unless \ou are hun¬ 
gry; too many people just make a practice of eating. 
Every one should give their stomachs a rest; do this 
every little while. Don’t eat anything all day, and 




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when you feel hungry drink a glass of water, and if 
you feel too faint take just: the juice of an orange 
or lemon, and you will be surprised at the good this 
will do for your entire system. A great many cases 
of indigestion and constipation can be cured in this 
way. If you would be healthy, you must drink 
plenty of water, and especially the last thing on go¬ 
ing to bed and the first thing in the morning. Just 
try and see how much you can drink. Try and have 
a regular time for the bowels to move each day and 
never neglect the functions of any organ, for 
through neglect the entire system is poisoned. 



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DIET AND EXERCISE FOR THE FAT 
WOMAN WHO WISHES TO REDUCE 
HER WEIGHT 

T HE woman who wishes to reduce her flesh will 
have to be faithful to her exercise and diet, but 
if persisted in she may accomplish her every wish. 
She must first begin with a diet that will not build 
up fat, and the best diet is a diet of very little meat 
once a day, or one egg once a day, some one raw 
fresh vegetable with the noon and night meal, and 
nothing for breakfast but lemon or orange juice, and 
no white bread at all, and no tea or coffee, or if any 
is taken no cream or sugar should be used. And if 
she wishes quick results she will take the lemon 
juice three times a day without sugar, and increase 
the amount she takes until about six lemons a day 
are taken. She must take plenty of exercise and 
take it vigorously. Any and all of the exercises 
given in the chapter on exercise are good, but she 
must go through them very rapidly. She must walk 
a great deal, or it is much better if she will run. 
Climbing is excellent for the stout person. If you 
can climb hills or trees, do so by all means. But in 
any of the exercises begin them very gradually and 
increase them each day. The hot bath* should be 
taken every day, and just as hot as can be taken. 
Also use the sponge of vinegar aud salt after the 
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salts the next. This persisted in and keeping the 
bowels open by means of fruit, and enemas if nec¬ 
essary, will soon bring the best result, and she will 
find strong muscles where she had flabby flesh. 


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BODY EXERCISE 

T F ONE wishes to keep a willowy form and be 
-*■ supple, no matter what age, they must take body 
exercise, and must practice deep breathing all the 
time. There can be no time for deep breathing, only 
now, and one should keep that in mind to constantly 
fill the lungs with pure air. To breathe properly 
one should inhale through the nostrils, and should 
raise the abdominal walls before you raise the chest, 
and if this is done you are breathing properly. Al¬ 
ways exhale through the nostrils; and no one can 
do too much deep breathing. Always practice this 
when walking or riding, and see how much better 
you feel. When you are out of doors and begin to 
feel chilled, try inhaling, and counting ten while you 
inhale and count twelve while you exhale. Do this 
as many times as possible, and you will soon find 
the chilliness all gone. No woman should wear her 
corset or any article of clothing so tight that she 
cannot practice deep breathing, for if she does so she 
will soon pay the penalty by suffering in more ways 
than one. Now, I can just hear the women say. we 
can’t let out corsets out, and we can’t do without 
them. Very well, wear them, but take them off 
every time you have half an hour to rest, and prac¬ 
tice body exercise until vour waist and abdomen are 
so small and strong that you will not need the 




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corset to make you small, and you can do it if you 
will. 

In taking exercise it isn’t the number you go 
through, but it is the little you go through and do 
well when taking any of the exercise. You must 
harden and tighten every muscle, and as soon as you 
are use to the exercises, so you can go through them 
properly, then see how rapidly you can perform them, 
for this is what does the good; and be sure and prac¬ 
tice deep breathing while going through the 
exercise. 

The first thing in the morning before you dress, 
or while just in your underwear so the limbs are 
free, take your exercise, and take them before a 
mirror if possible, so you can see if you doing them 
right. 

First, stand perfectly erect with the feet tight 
together. Now place the fists on the chest; do this 
with the elbows tight against the sides, as in figure 
13. Now with all the pressure you can put into 
arms, and holding the limbs perfectly straight, bend 
from side to side, as in figure 14, just as far as you 
can go; and do this only two or three times the first 
trial, and increase a few more each day until you 
can take fifty or sixty each side, and as >ou increase 
your count try doing them more rapidly. Then take 
the position as in figure 15. Now hold the hips and 
knees perfectly stiff and turn the body and bring 
the arms as far around in front and back of you as 
possible, as in figure 16. Put ail the strength in 
this you possibly can. This should be done a few 
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two exercises are splendid for the waist line, the 
shoulders, arms and the liver. 

Now raise the arms over the head, as in figure 
17 and as in figure 18. Hold the knees stiff and try 
touching the floor; only try this a few times to be¬ 
gin with, but one should practice this very fast and 
keep putting your fingers on the floor until \au can 
lay the hand on the floor. This is splendid for the 
waist line, hips and abdominal muscles and should 
be practiced faithfully. 

Now with the arms as in figure 17, go up on the 
tip toes, as in figure 19. Keep the feet together and 
arms stretched, as though you were trying to reach 
something. Now come down as near the floor as 
you can without touching your knees, as in figure 
20. Two or three times will be all that can be stood 
at the first lesson, but this should be practiced faith¬ 
fully as it brings all the muscles of the body into 
play. Now with the hands over the head, stand on 
one foot as in figure 21, and try making a complete 
circle around yourself with the other foot. This 
should be done with first one and then the other 
foot, holding the shoulders perfectly erect, and 
stretching the arms as tight and reaching as high 
as possible. This will keep you supple andsgive the 
legs a good shape. Now stand on one foot and with 
the other one held out behind you. try reaching the 
floor or just as near as you can come to it, and not 
touch it, as in figure 22. This should be changed 
from one foot to the other and you should count 
while you are doing either of the last two, so as to 
put in the same amount of time on each foot. The 




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last one is very good for the waist line, hips and 
legs and should be practiced faithfully. 

Now drop all the muscles just as loosely as possi¬ 
ble, and run just as hard as you can standing still, 
and throw your feet and legs just as far out behind 
you as possible; let the arms swing loose. This 
should be done by the clock; run one minute the 
first day, two the next, and so on until you reach a 
point where all the muscles feel tired or ache. 

The exercise for developing the neck and keeping 
it in good shape is taken as in figure 23. Throw the 
head back a little and throw the chin as high as you 
can. Now drop the lower jaw as far as you can, 
and put all the strength you can into your lower 
jaw and drop it and close it as fast as possible, but 
make the muscles pull in the neck This is splendid 
for face and neck and should be done from ten to 
twenty times every day. Now stand with your back 
to the mirror and with the shoulders held perfectly 
erect, turn your head and try looking at a dot placed 
in the center of the mirror; first on one side then 
on the other. This should be repeated ten to twenty 
times for each side. 

The exercises for night are best taken just before 
getting into bed. The first thing to do is to put 
things out of the way on the floor, so you have 
plenty of room. Then get down and turn somer¬ 
saults just as fast as you can, but only try one or 
two the first day, and increase one each day until 
you can turn fifteen or twenty. This will help to 
straighten out all the muscles that have been droop¬ 
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down; put your feet against the wall and climb up, 
as in figure 24, until your weight rests on the shoul¬ 
ders. Keep this position and count ten; this will be 
enough for the first trial; increase the count ten each 
day until you reach one hundred. This is splen¬ 
did to bring all the organs back to their natural 
position after the pressure from the clothing having 
crowded them down and against the back. 

These exercises if taken every day will be all that 
is needed by any one, but care must be used to not 
overdo on the start and make yourself sore and ten¬ 
der, but if you do so keep right on the soreness will 
soon leave. 


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